tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post4663205415818091425..comments2023-12-28T05:31:17.075-06:00Comments on Carto Cacography: What if TSR's Dragonlance...Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14531253485041961783noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post-77380920159614155862013-01-07T01:35:48.754-06:002013-01-07T01:35:48.754-06:00@Todd and Restless- I'll have to go look into ...@Todd and Restless- I'll have to go look into those. I had no idea.<br /><br />@Christopher- I have read a great many novels that bore no resemblance to each other in terms of plotting or anything else. I have to admit that I don't really know what you mean when you say "the traditional ideas about how a novel's plot is organized". Ultimately, I think that there are many reasons to like (and dislike) any written piece, and the method by which an author arrives at the plot of his writing should not affect how that writing is received.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14531253485041961783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post-25530411585603610622013-01-06T20:58:22.745-06:002013-01-06T20:58:22.745-06:00@B King- I'll have to go back and take a look ...@B King- I'll have to go back and take a look into that. I've never read the annotated version before. Thanks!Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14531253485041961783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post-64438074877383060332013-01-06T20:57:03.186-06:002013-01-06T20:57:03.186-06:00@Black Vulmea- I'm not so sure that I agree wi...@Black Vulmea- I'm not so sure that I agree with you. A LOT of fantasy literature for a long time was not about grand adventures and saving the world, but more about heroes embarking on serial adventures (across many stories or novels). I think a sandbox campaign could easily lead to serial adventures of that type.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14531253485041961783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post-1774542168072859252013-01-06T14:46:51.700-06:002013-01-06T14:46:51.700-06:00Isn't that basically what Holmes' "Ma...Isn't that basically what Holmes' "Maze of Peril" and Andre Norton's "Quag Keep" are?Restlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586442439173490257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post-22084451131482393882013-01-06T10:28:09.372-06:002013-01-06T10:28:09.372-06:00I'd actually like to read a novel like that. S...I'd actually like to read a novel like that. Seeing for the first time that the first novel was a "novel-ized play report," I'll have to check that out. For the very first time, I'm interested in reading a Dragonlance novel.<br /><br />That said, the thing about a "novel-ized" play report is that it isn't going to follow the traditional ideas about how a novel's plot is organized. Personally, I don't think that's a bad thing, but it's going to be criticized for it quite badly, and even those who give it a shot will have some difficulty "getting" it, just because it won't be what they're used to.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988517412357391012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post-88430273417939172372013-01-06T10:24:33.487-06:002013-01-06T10:24:33.487-06:00What you're describing is exactly what Drake R...What you're describing is exactly what Drake Russel has done with his Hardway series. It's available on Amazon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14409843014143739635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post-87524946142386928252013-01-06T10:08:11.200-06:002013-01-06T10:08:11.200-06:00The first book I believe was written as you descri...The first book I believe was written as you describe, with the character quirks developing out of roleplaying. There are numerous comments in the annotated versions about this. But you are right that the rest of the books came before the modules. <br /><br />I'd suggest re-reading the first book with that in mind, because it really does feel like a dungeon crawl at points. It is not nearly as good of a novel, however, as the other two. B Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01744821805989599457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656359567715416766.post-42388198703595700312013-01-06T09:15:33.876-06:002013-01-06T09:15:33.876-06:00I think sandbox games produce terrible novels but ...I think sandbox games produce terrible novels but interesting biographies.Black Vulmeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04270071699114783644noreply@blogger.com